Sustainable transportation: fad or fabulous

dc.contributor.authorZietsman, J. (Josias)
dc.contributor.authorRilett, L.R. (Laurence R.)
dc.contributor.otherSouthern African Transport Conference (20th : 2001 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-21T09:32:28Z
dc.date.available2008-11-21T09:32:28Z
dc.date.issued2001-07
dc.descriptionThis paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material on the CD ROM was published using Adobe Acrobat technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: doctech@doctech.co.za URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaen_US
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 20th Annual South African Transport Conference 16 - 20 July 2001 "Meeting the transport challenges in Southern Africa", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. ABSTRACT: Sustainable transportation attempts to address economic development, environmental stewardship, and social equity of current and future generations. While numerous qualitative studies have been performed on this topic there has been little quantitative research and/or implementation of sustainable transportation concepts. The main reasons for this are related to a lack of understanding of sustainable transportation and a lack of quantified performance measures. It was found that the implementation of such concepts, can to a large extent, be improved if they are clearly defined, quantified and used in the decision-making process. A framework is provided on how performance measures for sustainable transportation can be identified and quantified as part of the transportation planning process and how the quantified measures can lead to implementation. This framework was applied to a real test case in Houston, Texas. It was shown that by using quantified performance measures it is possible to produce sustainable transportation index values. This type of approach makes it possible to determine the sustainability index for different user groups commuting along the corridor as a result of projects, programs and policies. It was concluded that sustainable transportation can potentially be a very useful concept for addressing economic development, environmental stewardship, and social equity of current and future generations. This can, however, only come to fruition if sustainable transportation is clearly defined, quantified and used in the decision-making process.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZietsman, J & Rilett, LR 2001, 'Sustainable transportation: fad or fabulous', Paper presented to the 20th Annual South African Transport Conference, South Africa, 16 - 20 July.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn0620277653
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/8046
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSATCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSATC 2001
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectSustainable transportationen_US
dc.subjectEconomic developmenten_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental stewardshipen_US
dc.subjectSocial equityen_US
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- South Africa -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- South Africa -- Planning -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- South Africa -- Evaluationen
dc.titleSustainable transportation: fad or fabulousen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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